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Fresh Start Rescue

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Providing Rescue, Adoption, Education, and Outreach

With Expert Care and Genuine Compassion

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Fresh Start Rescue

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Providing Rescue, Adoption, Education, and Outreach

With Expert Care and Genuine Compassion

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We Do Not Accept Aquatic Turtles, Mammals, Birds, or Fish

Giving Reptiles a Fresh Start in Life...

Fresh Start Rescue is a registered 501(c)(3) reptile rescue located in coastal North Carolina. We consist of a group of volunteers who are passionate about saving the lives of homeless, unwanted, or injured reptiles. We rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome every type of reptile out there, from snakes to lizards and everything in between.

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Meet Our Team

​Rescue Board Members

Nicole Spencer

Nicole Spencer

President

Large Lizard Specialist


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Nicole Spencer is our president and large lizard specialist. She spends much of her time spoiling all of our iguanas and large lizard species. She wears many hats to keep this rescue running on a daily basis. Nicole is also our educator and runs all of our birthday parties, summer camps, and other educational programs.

Alex Gillen

Alex Gillen

Board Member

Small Lizards


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​Alex has been with us a while and has gotten more involved as her schedule allows. She is our board secretary and has the daunting job of keeping us organized! She is now also a big-time realtor, so if you need a house with a reptile room, we have you covered!

Raven Kingrey

Raven Kingrey

Social Media Specialist

Snakes and Invertebrates


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​Raven has a natural love and compassion for our scaly friends. She went from one adopted snake to taking in several! Raven takes care of many of our social media accounts.

Braeden Kelley

Braeden Kelley

Board Member

​Snakes and Invertebrates


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Braeden comes to us as a firefighter and EMT with a love of snakes. He took herpetology classes in college and has a passion for venomous species. 

Ryan Carter

Ryan Carter

Board Member

​Snakes and Geckos


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​Ryan comes to us with a ton of reptile experience. He jumped right in with the rescue and is now attending events and helping with projects at the rescue.

Amanda Scott

Amanda Scott

Board Treasurer

Bearded Dragons


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Amanda is our Jacksonville volunteer. She has a love of all animals and is always ready to help with admin work, events, animal care, and more.

Beth Steinberg

Beth Steinberg

Board Member

​Geckos and Amphibians


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Beth has lots of exotic animal experience from working at the NC Zoo. These days, she has the zoo at her house instead! The whole family volunteers, and they have become a huge asset to our organization.

Large iguana resting on a rock, displaying its orange and green scales. A reptile in its habitat.

Help Our Mission

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Fresh Start Rescue Inc is 100% donation funded. We house approximately 150 reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates on a daily basis, with a very long surrender waiting list.  Your financial support allows us to provide food, electricity, and vet care to the animals in our care and helps keep us expanding to help even more unwanted reptiles. 

Become a Volunteer

​If you'd like to help us at educational shows or with taking care of the animals, please fill out the application. We could use all the help we can get! We are located near Wallace, NC and do ask for at least one shift a month. 

Volunteer Form here

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Fresh Start Rescue

(910) 470-6299 | info@freshstartrescueinc.org

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